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Individual cases (chronological)	Capital punishment in Britain.
Catherine Hayes	History of the death penalty in Britain	Complete listings of British executions
Sarah Malcolm	The history of judicial hanging in Britain	England & Wales - 1900 - 1931 & 1932 - 1964
Jenny Diver	Timeline of British capital punishment	England & Wales 1868 - 1899 & 1837 - 1868
Elizabeth Harrard	English hangmen 1850 - 1964 Earlier hangmen	England & Wales 1800 - 1827 & 1828 -1836
Mary Blandy	Abolition of capital punishment in Britain	England & Wales 1735 – 1799 by circuit
Elizabeth Jeffries	The reprieve system The end of public hangings	Scotland 1800 -1899 & 1900 - 1963
Earl Ferrers	Insanity and the death penalty	Northern Ireland 1900 -1961
Elizabeth Brownrigg	Royal Commission Reports 1886 & 1953	Southern Irish executions 1900 - 1954 & 1835 - 1899
Mary Jones	Arguments for and against capital punishment (UK)	Channel Islands and Isle of Man executions
Ann Beddingfield	Thoughts on crime and punishment	The female hanged 1800 - 1868 & 1868 - 1955
Charlotte Gardiner	Thoughts on Human Rights	The female executed 1735 - 1799
Elizabeth Taylor	Executions of children, juveniles & teenage girls	Executions at the Tower of London
Phoebe Harris	The 18th & 19th century UK index page
Sarah Lloyd
Ann Hurle	The death penalty in the USA.
Elizabeth Godfrey	Hanged by the neck until you are dead!	Billy Bailey
Edith Morrey	Lethal Injection with specific cases opposite	Velma Barfeld, Karla Faye Tucker, Christina Riggs
Eliza Fenning	The electric chair with specific cases opposite	Toni Jo Henry, Nicholas Ingram & Judi Buenoano
Elizabeth Fricker	The gas chamber with specific cases opposite	Barbara Graham & Robert Alton Harris
Melinda Mapson	Firing squad – Gilmore, Taylor & Gardner	US executions updated monthly
Mary Bateman	The American female hanged	Arguments for and against the death penalty (USA)
Infanticide (4 cases)	American female executions 1900 - 2011	The death penalty and deterrence in the USA
Catherine Kinrade
John Thurtell	Execution methods
Jane Scott	Present day and recent methods	From times gone by
Bel Mc’Menemy	The process of judicial hanging	Burning at the stake
Arsenic poisoners	Beheading	The garrote
The Stackpooles	Lethal Injection	The guillotine
Helen Blackwood	The electric chair	Hanging, drawing and quartering
Elizabeth Browne	Shooting and the firing squad	The Gallows Galleries
Maria Manning	The gas chamber	The Gallows Galleries 2
John Tawell
Victorian child murderers (9 cases)	Histories of some English “hanging” prisons & Places of execution
Franz Műller	York castle prison	Newgate prison 1800 - 1902
Frances Kidder	Armley prison Leeds	Pentonville prison
Thomas Wells	Wandsworth prison	Holloway prison
Alexander Mackay	Durham prison	Maidstone prison
Elizabeth Pearson	Strangeways prison (Manchester)	Shepton Mallet prison
Mary Ann Barry	Walton prison (Liverpool)	Lancaster Castle
William Horry	Gloucester prison	Horsemonger Lane Gaol in Surrey
Frances Stewart	Bodmin Gaol	Derby’s three prisons
Mary Lefley	Places of execution 18/19th centuries	Places of execution in the 20th century
Selina Wadge
Kate Webster	Capital punishment worldwide
Elizabeth Berry	Overview of the death penalty in 2012	Executions worldwide updated monthly
Louisa Jane Taylor	Female executions 2000 - 2013	Female hangings worldwide 1988 - 2013
Mary Wheeler	Abolition of the death penalty in Europe	Focus on the execution of women in Iran
Baby Farmers	Last female executions in Europe	Focus on the execution of children in Iran
Mary Ann Ansell	The situation in Commonwealth countries	Focus on executions in Kuwait updated
Louise Masset	Canadian hangings 1867 - 1962	Spanish executions 1812 - 1975
Emily Swann	Nazi female war criminals	Australian executions 1870 - 1967
The Stratton brothers	Women executed by the Nazis
Rhoda Willis
Edith Thompson	Some cases from around the world
Susan Newell	Irma Grese - Nazi war criminal	Mariette Bosch - Botswana
Louie Calvert	Juana Borman - Nazi war criminal	Angel Pui Peng - hanged in Singapore for drugs
Charlotte Bryant	Jean Lee - the last woman hanged in Australia	Flor Contemplacion - hanged in Singapore for murder
Dr. Buck Ruxton	Hilda Blake - the only woman hanged in Manitoba	John Scripps - hanged in Singapore for murder
Nurse Waddingham	Shahla Jahed - executed in Iran in 2010	Sandra Smith - last woman hanged in South Africa
James McNicol	Olga Hepnarová hanged in Czechoslovakia	Mona Fandey - hanged in Malaysia for murder
Derek Bentley	Elina Zlatanova - Bulgaria’s last female execution
Styllou Christofi
Ruth Ellis
Dennis Howard	Links, about the author and bibliography
Vivian Teed
Ronald Marwood	Links to other interesting sites	About the author and bibliography
Guenther Podola	Book reviews